Terms to Know!

• Divine Right
  • The right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country
• Limited monarch
  • A monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution
• Decrees of August 4
  • Abolished the medieval concepts of nobility, privilege and feudal rights, creating a society based upon equality and equal opportunity
• National Assembly
  • Lasted from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789
  • A revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General
• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
  • The national motto of France and the Republic
• Bastille
  • A fortress in Paris
  • Bastille Saint-Antoine
  • Meant to protect the King
• July 14, 1789
  • The storming of the Bastille
  • The day that France got it's independence from England
• Legislative Assembly
  • The legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution
• April 1792
  • France declares war upon Austria and Prussia
• August 1792
  • The month when the French Monarchy was overthrown and destroyed
• Estates-General
  • The legislative government of France
  • Advisers to Louis XVI
  • Split into 3 estates or classes
    • Imbalance between the estates
• Girondists
  • Basically the liberals of France
    • Wanted to end the monarchy but did not support the downward spiral France went through during the revolution
• September Massacres
  • A mass killing of prisoners in France
  • Started on September 2 and ended on September 6
• Versailles
  • The residence of the royal family in France
• Marie Antoinette
  • Austrian
  • Married Louis XVI
  • Beheaded
• Louis XVI
  • The leader of France during the French Revolution
  • Either really rude or really ignorant
• Guillotine
  • Created during the French Revolution
  • Was created as a more"humane" way to kill people
• January 21, 1793
  • The day that Louis XVI was beheaded in Paris
• Jacobins
  • The radicals of the National Assembly in France
• Reign of Terror
  • Period during the French Revolution when the Jacobins were killing anyone who was against the Republic
• Absolute monarchy
  • When a monarch is in control of everything
• Napoleon Bonaparte
  • French dictator that restored order in France after the French Revolution
• ‘Parlements’
  • Created the laws in France
  • Were separate from the King
• ‘Emigres’
  • The group of people that fled from France during the French Revolution
• Rousseau
  • 1712-1778
  • against the idea of organized government
• Seven Years’ War
  • 1754-1763
  • War mainly between Britain and France with a few others in between...
• The Directory
  • The French Revolutionary government
  • Lasted for 4 years
• Robespierre
  • One of the three leaders of the liberal group of people in France during the French Revolution